Twelve hours after a mult-agency police raid leveled their camp, Occupy Oakland protesters hold a General Assembly to plan their next steps on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

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Protester Sean Palmer and a small group of protesters attempt to occupy the intersection at Broadway and 14th Street on Monday, November 14, 2011 in Oakland, Calif. The group cleared the intersection when the Oakland Police Department told them they would have to clear the intersection or be placed under arrest.

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Paul Benton Sr., of Oakland, wears his sentiments on his hat as crews clean up Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., Monday, November 14, 2011 after an early morning raid to dismantle the Occupy Oakland camp. "We understand what occupy stands for and we appreciate it," Benton said, "but this is affecting just average people like myself." Benton said the movement should push to occupy vacant houses like all of the ones on his street.

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An Occupy Oakland protester meditates as police arrest him on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. The man, who declined to leave voluntarily, was one of three people meditating in the group's general assembly meeting area as police took control of Frank Ogawa Plaza.
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Francisco &quo;Pancho&quo; Ramos Stierle meditates as police arrest him Monday. He had declined orders to leave.

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Police from various agencies move in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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A protester is led away in handcuffs as police from various agencies moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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Protesters wait to be arrested as police from various agencies moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland potesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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Dimitri Perry hugs Abby Wheatley as they watch police from various agencies clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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A protester is removed from his tent as police from various agencies moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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Police comb through the remains of the Occupy Oakland camp early on Monday, November 15, 2011 after raiding the camp, detaining protesters and tearing down tents. Police moved in to tear down the month-old encampment before dawn Monday.

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Police from various agencies move in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011. About a dozen protesters were arrested.

A police officer zip ties two barricades together as police from various agencies moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Police form a line between protestors and Frank H. Ogawa Plaza during the eviction of the Occupy Oakland camp on November 14, 2011, in Oakland, California. In the wake of violent confrontations with police, vandalism and the recent shooting near the encampment, Oakland mayor Jean Quan and city administrators issued eviction notices to protesters at the Occupy Oakland encampment. (Photo by Mathew Sumner/Getty Images)

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Members of Occupy Oakland's Interfaith Coalition pray and sing while awaiting a police raid on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Most of the group was arrested after they chose to ignore an order to vacate Frank Ogawa Plaza.

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Members of Occupy Oakland's Interfaith Coalition hold candles while awaiting a police raid on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Most of the group was arrested after they chose to ignore an order to vacate Frank Ogawa Plaza.

Police officers surround the Occupy Oakland camp to secure the area before moving into the camp to take down tents to evict the protesters, who are camping at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of the Oakland City Hall, on November 14, 2011 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of police in riot gear swept into the Occupy Oakland site at dawn on Monday, an officer said, ordering protesters to leave the camp which has been a weeks-long source of tension for the west coast US city. AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino (Photo credit should read KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)

Lukas Novak sits in front of a line of police from various agencies after they moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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A protester uses a megaphone to chant slogans as police from various agencies moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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A protester is hancduffed after being removed from a tent as police from various agencies moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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Police from various agencies carry tear gas cannisters as they move in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 14: A member of the clergy is arrested by police during the eviction of the Occupy Oakland camp on November 14, 2011, in Oakland, California. In the wake of violent confrontations with police, vandalism and the recent shooting near the encampment, Oakland mayor Jean Quan and city administrators issued eviction notices to protesters at the Occupy Oakland encampment. (Photo by Mathew Sumner/Getty Images)

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Police officers take down tents of the Occupy Oakland encampment to evict Occupy Oakland protesters, who are camping at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of the Oakland City Hall, on November 14, 2011 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of police in riot gear swept into the Occupy Oakland site at dawn on Monday, an officer said, ordering protesters to leave the camp which has been a weeks-long source of tension for the west coast US city. AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino (Photo credit should read KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)

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A protester draws chalk drawings at the intersection of 14th Street and Broadway before police from various agencies moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters and their tents from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 14, 2011.

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OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 14: A protestor is removed from his tent at the Occupy Oakland encampment on November 14, 2011, in Oakland, California. In the wake of violent confrontations with police, vandalism and the recent shooting near the encampment, Oakland mayor Jean Quan and city administrators issued eviction notices to protesters at the Occupy Oakland encampment. (Photo by Mathew Sumner/Getty Images)

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Police officers arrest an Occupy Oakland protester who remained in his tent despite a dispersal order on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

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An Occupy Oakland protester meditates as police surround the group's encampment on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. The man, who declined to leave voluntarily, was one of three people meditating in the group's general assembly meeting area as police took control of Frank Ogawa Plaza.

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Oakland police officer Tellez arrests an Occupy Oakland protester on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. The woman, who declined to leave voluntarily, was one of three people meditating in the group's general assembly meeting area as police swarmed the camp.

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Sgt. Steve Suchon, an Alameda County sheriff's deputy, maintains a perimeter around Frank Ogawa Plaza following a police raid on Occupy Oakland on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

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Chalk writing fills the intersection of 14th St. and Broadway as protesters await a police raid at Occupy Oakland on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

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A protester, who declined to give his name, wears a face shield of hard plastic while awaiting a police raid at Occupy Oakland on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. The man said he was not an anarchist and wore the mask only as protection against police projectiles.

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An Oakland police officer levels a tent during a multi-agency raid at Occupy Oakland on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

A police officer dismantles a tent during a multi-agency raid at Occupy Oakland on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

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An Oakland police officer peers inside a tent during a multi-agency raid at Occupy Oakland on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

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A bust of Frank Ogawa is the sole remaining inhabitant of central Frank Ogawa Plaza following a police raid at Occupy Oakland on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

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Police officers take down tents of the Occupy Oakland encampment to evict Occupy Oakland protesters, who are camping at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of the Oakland City Hall, on November 14, 2011 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of police in riot gear swept into the Occupy Oakland site at dawn on Monday, an officer said, ordering protesters to leave the camp which has been a weeks-long source of tension for the west coast US city. AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino (Photo credit should read KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)

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OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Police stand around the Occupy Oakland camp after going through it to arrest those who remained inside on November 14, 2011, in Oakland, California. In the wake of violent confrontations with police, vandalism and the recent shooting near the encampment, Oakland mayor Jean Quan and city administrators issued eviction notices to protesters at the Occupy Oakland encampment. (Photo by Mathew Sumner/Getty Images)

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Police officers take down tents of the Occupy Oakland encampment to evict Occupy Oakland protesters, who are camping at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of the Oakland City Hall, on November 14, 2011 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of police in riot gear swept into the Occupy Oakland site at dawn on Monday, an officer said, ordering protesters to leave the camp which has been a weeks-long source of tension for the west coast US city. AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino (Photo credit should read KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Police officers take down tents of the Occupy Oakland encampment to evict Occupy Oakland protesters, who are camping at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of the Oakland City Hall, on November 14, 2011 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of police in riot gear swept into the Occupy Oakland site at dawn on Monday, an officer said, ordering protesters to leave the camp which has been a weeks-long source of tension for the west coast US city. AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino (Photo credit should read KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)

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An Occupy Oakland protester is handcuffed to be detained as police officers take down tents of the Occupy Oakland encampment to evict Occupy Oakland protesters, who are camping at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of the Oakland City Hall, on November 14, 2011 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of police in riot gear swept into the Occupy Oakland site at dawn on Monday, an officer said, ordering protesters to leave the camp which has been a weeks-long source of tension for the west coast US city. AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino (Photo credit should read KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)

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An Occupy Oakland protester is handcuffed as police officers take down tents of the Occupy Oakland encampment to evict protesters, who are camping at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of the Oakland City Hall, on November 14, 2011 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of police in riot gear swept into the Occupy Oakland site at dawn on Monday, an officer said, ordering protesters to leave the camp which has been a weeks-long source of tension for the west coast US city. AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino (Photo credit should read KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)

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An Occupy Oakland protester is handcuffed to be detained as police officers take down tents of the Occupy Oakland encampment to evict protesters, who are camping at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of the Oakland City Hall, on November 14, 2011 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of police in riot gear swept into the Occupy Oakland site at dawn on Monday, an officer said, ordering protesters to leave the camp which has been a weeks-long source of tension for the west coast US city. AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino (Photo credit should read KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)

A protestor who was arrested, center, waits while his personal effects are stored by police near Frank Ogawa plaza where an Occupy Oakland encampment was evicted Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Pubic Works crews clean the Occupy Oakland camp at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Monday, November 14, 2011 in Oakland, Calif.

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A resident of Occupy Oakland's Snow Park encampment sleeps on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Although police leveled Occupy Oakland's City Hall encampment early this morning, they left the group's camp near Lake Merritt untouched.

Photo: Noah Berger, Special To The Chronicle

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A protester's tent sits beneath a tree at Snow Park on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Although police leveled Occupy Oakland's City Hall encampment early this morning, they left the group's camp near Lake Merritt untouched.

Photo: Noah Berger, Special To The Chronicle

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Pubic Works crews clean the Occupy Oakland camp as a sculpture of Frank Ogawa is seen in the foreground at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Monday, November 14, 2011 in Oakland, Calif.

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Carmen Carosele (right) decorates the face of Sean Palmer (left) in the intersection of Broadway and 14th Street on Monday morning, November 14, 2011 in Oakland, Calif.

A protester attempts to occupy the intersection at Broadway and 14th Street on Monday, November 14, 2011 in Oakland, Calif.

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Manisl Roberson (cq) of Oakland shows off the flag on his tent at Snow Park in Oakland, Calif., Monday, November 14, 2011. Roberson relocated from Frank Ogawa Plaza before an early morning raid to dismantle the Occupy Oakland camp. "You gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em," he said, "I ain't got time to go to jail."

Photo: Sarah Rice, Special To The Chronicle

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A resident of Occupy Oakland's Snow Park encampment sleeps on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Although police leveled Occupy Oakland's City Hall encampment early this morning, they left the group's camp near Lake Merritt untouched.

Photo: Noah Berger, Special To The Chronicle

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A protestor holds a "Welcome Home" sign as Occupy Oakland takes back Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., Monday, November 14, 2011, after an early morning police raid dismantled the camp. Protestors walked peacefully back into the plaza after barricades were removed Monday night.

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Protestors take back Frank Ogawa Plaza and rally in front of City Hall in Oakland, Calif., Monday, November 14, 2011, the same day an early morning raid dismantled the Occupy Oakland camp there.

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A protestor raises the peace sign at a rally in front of the Oakland Public Library in Oakland, Calif., Monday, November 14, 2011. Demonstrators gathered at the library then marched to Frank Ogawa Plaza to take back the space after an early morning police raid dismantled the Occupy Oakland camp. The protestors met no resistance at the plaza and walked peacefully in.

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An Occupy Oakland protester, who declined to give his name, models for a chalk drawing at 14th St. and Broadway while awaiting a police raid on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.

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Brad Newsham, of Oakland, pickets outside the police blockade of Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., Monday, November 14, 2011 after an early morning raid to dismantle the Occupy Oakland camp. "Surrender this and they'll all go back to sleep I think," Newsham said of giving up the plaza. Newsham is a San Francisco cab driver who stopped his cab at the plaza on the first day of Occupy Oakland, and said he has been back to either the Oakland or San Francisco occupy sites nearly every day since.

About 1,000 Occupy Oakland protesters returned Monday night to Frank Ogawa Plaza, 12 hours after police evicted the movement's tent city, and debated a range of reactions from re-establishing the encampment to refocusing on community organizing.

The city reopened the newly cleared plaza outside City Hall around 5 p.m. and said protesters could gather there around the clock. However, police said they would prevent camping from now on, and as the night went on, there were no tents in evidence.

A few dozen police officers mingled amiably with protesters conducting a peaceful general assembly in the plaza's amphitheater, where the main topics were denunciations of corporate greed and strategies for the coming days. Most agreed to delay until Wednesday any decision on establishing another encampment.

In the meantime, several suggested branching out beyond downtown to enlist a wider pool of steady supporters. Others promised to join Occupy movement rallies at UC Berkeley this week.

To the next level

"A lot of the people who started the camp want to see this move on to the next level," said Anthony Owens, a 40-year-old sales consultant from Oakland who has been a key activist.

He said he didn't see much reason to restart a tent city.

"I'd like to see the tents replaced with booths, community resources, workshops, teach-ins, and maybe even a kitchen still serving the homeless," Owens said.

Earlier in the day, the tone was more strident.

"If they (police) take over the camp, we're going to reoccupy," Ronald "Rasta" Jones, 31, an Oakland resident who had lived in the Occupy Oakland camp since its first day, Oct. 10, said before officers moved in around 5 a.m. to evict people. "Our objective is for them to keep spending money. ... We're not going to stop."

His emotions were echoed in angry chants at times throughout the day, but those had disappeared by 10 p.m., when amphitheater discussions had ended and the crowd was down to a handful. Police stayed to keep an eye on the plaza throughout the night.

Mayor Jean Quan, who ordered the eviction, said the city was prepared to clear camps no matter how many times it took.

"If you look across the country, we even know that we may have to go and move the encampments again," Quan said. "This is an international and national movement. This is their tactic."

Still determined

Boots Riley, a key organizer of Occupy Oakland, said the raids have not dampened the determination of the core protesters.

"Whatever they do, they're just going to make us keep going," Riley said of city officials. "They're in a lose-lose situation. We're putting out the idea that the working class can organize itself, can withhold its labor and can cause them to have to deal with us. That idea is not going to go away by evicting this camp."

Police peacefully detain a man who was meditating while police cleared out the Occupy Oakland camp early in the morning on Monday, November 14, 2011. Police moved in to clear out the month-old camp before dawn. (Justin Berton/The Chronicle)

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Hundreds of officers from Oakland and 13 other law enforcement agencies carried out the predawn sweep of the encampment outside City Hall at 14th Street and Broadway, arresting 32 people without incident. The eviction followed three days of city warnings, which cut the size of the encampment from 180 tents to about 60.

Those arrested were booked on suspicion of illegal lodging and remaining at the scene of a riot.

Public Works crews spent the day cleaning the plaza and hauling away 36 tons of debris.

In the afternoon, activists headed to the main Oakland library at 14th and Madison streets for a planning session, and then at about 5:15 p.m. marched back to the plaza.

The crowd included several middle-aged office workers and children - a more diverse mix than the City Hall tent city, which by Sunday consisted largely of longtime homeless people, hard-core activists and anarchists.

Reoccupying debate

One demonstrator at the library, retired construction worker Vincent Suave, urged the crowd not to try to re-establish the tent city. Instead, it should devote energy to other forms of protest that focus more tightly on the Occupy movement's central complaints about economic inequity and corporate greed, he said.

"There are reasons for people to be frustrated with the system, but the message is not coming out well," said Suave, 52, who lives in Oakland.

Others at the library and later at the plaza, however, said the act of occupying space was too important to the movement's methods to abandon. The main question, they said, is whether that should be accomplished with tents, steady demonstrations or in some other form.

At a news conference after the morning raid, Quan said the camp had to be removed because it "began to take a different path from the original movement."

"It was no longer about the abuses of the financial system, or foreclosures or the unemployed," said Quan, who allowed the tents to return after police first cleared the camp Oct. 25. "The encampment became a place where we had repeated violence and, this week, a murder. We had to bring the camp to an end before more people were hurt."

Long month

For Quan, the sweep was the culmination of a month in which she has alienated both political opponents and allies.

Her legal adviser, Dan Siegel, resigned his position Monday, saying Oakland should have tried harder to work with the campers.

A man meditates as a police helicopter hovers over the Occupy Oakland camp at Frank Ogawa Plaza early on Monday, November 15, 2011. Police moved in early to clear out the month-old camp. (Justin Berton/The Chronicle)

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Sgt. Dom Arotzarena, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, issued a statement in which he thanked interim Police Chief Howard Jordan and City Administrator Deanna Santana for their "leadership in the peaceful removal of the Occupier encampment." He did not mention Quan, who consistently asked for more time to negotiate with the campers.

Quan's position became less tenable as drug use and violence increased at the camps. On Thursday, a man was shot and killed just outside the main camp after a fight.